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Are you ready for a $1,000 Steam Machine? Some analysts think you should be. (arstechnica.com)
submitted 6 days ago by BlackEco@lemmy.blackeco.com to c/games@sh.itjust.works
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The title is a bit misleading, as the article lists diverging analysts’ opinions, ranging from Valve willing to sell at a loss or low margins, to high prices due to RAM and SSD price volatility.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blackeco.com/post/2330473

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[–] mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 6 days ago (2 children)

The rumor is that the cpu in the steam machine is leftover from another AMD partnership with Microsoft. The GPU is a mobile GPU that AMD had a hard time selling. It's about the same performance as a PS5, though valve won't be subsidizing it as much. I'd bet $600-$800.

[–] YiddishMcSquidish@lemmy.today 2 points 5 days ago

Very safe bet. I'm hoping for it being closer to $600 but I know I don't need it, I don't need it, I don't need it. Sorry I have to keep reminding myself. But I'm very excited for it to bring affordable and seamless Linux gaming to the masses.

[–] fonix232@fedia.io 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Based on the specs it is a bit bumped up Ryzen 7000/8000 series (Zen 4 arch), with a beefed up GPU (sounds to be about two 780Ms soldered together with a bit of overclocking).

I wouldn't be surprised if MS wanted a mid-generation upgrade to the Xbox but the current economic situation put a damper on it before the hardware could fully materialise and AMD ended up with a practically ready for production APU they couldn't sell to anyone before Valve strolled up.

[–] mushroomman_toad@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 4 days ago

Here's my source for the Microsoft laptop cpu rumor:

https://youtu.be/sJI3qTb2ze8